Intro to Film FILM 2100	Deconstructing Pixar - National Cinemas FILM 3341	Film Analysis & Criticism FILM 4310	Film Production Major	Study Abroad	DEI Initiatives

Education

Ph.D. in Women's Studies and Film Studies, Emory University, 2003
M.A. in Art History, University of Florida, 1993
B.S. in Psychology, University of Florida, 1991

Teaching

In Fall 2023, I am teaching Introduction to Film (FILM 2100) and National Cinemas: Deconstructing Pixar (FILM 3341).

In Spring 2024, I am teaching Introduction to Film (FILM 2100), Deconstructing Disney (FILM 3360), and Film Analysis & Criticism (FILM 4310).

In Summer 2024, I am teaching Introduction to Film (FILM 2100).

Courses taught during these and future semesters may include:

Introduction to Film (FILM 2100)

History of Cinema (FILM 2700)

Film Analysis and Criticism (FILM 4310)

African American Cinema (FILM 3350)

Deconstructing Disney (FILM 3360)

Women and Film (FILM 4320)

Great Directors: The French New Wave (FILM 3700)   

Women and the Arts (FILM 4810)

National Cinemas (FILM 3340)

Film Genres (FILM 4330)

Women and Popular Culture (CMS 3810)

Selected Topics (FILM 4800)
    Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art
    Italian Renaissance Architecture

Great Works in Art History (ART 5000)

Media and Culture (CMS 3101)

Research & Service

I have published articles and anthology chapters on films by Agnès Varda, Alain Resnais, Lizzie Borden, and L.A. Rebellion filmmakers Alile Sharon Larkin and Barbara McCullough, as well as the television series Stranger Things and Fleabag. Current projects include articles on Sally Potter's Yes (2005), on Jonathan Caouette's Tarnation (2004), and on Disney's The Princess and the Frog (2009). Ongoing research studies race, sexuality, and gender represenation in independent cinemas and the experimental documentary cinema of Paris' Left Bank Group; key directors for this study include Chris Marker, Agnès Varda, and Alain Resnais.

I serve as co-chair of the Dean's Diversity Initiatives Committee (DDIC), as chair of the Promotion and Tenure Committee for the Visual and Performing Arts Department, and as Secretary and Treasurer for Clayton State's chapter of The American Association of University Professors (AAUP). I am also a fellow with the Intensive Colloquium on Inclusive Education (ICIE), a member of the University Committee on Inclusion and Equity (UCIE), and a member of the College of Arts & Sciences Full Professor Promotion and Tenure Committee.

Links:

The Bachelor's Degree in Film Production

Department of Film, Communication, and Performing Arts
College of Arts and Sciences
Clayton State University